WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/29/2012

Greeting saints in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This week our preaching text will be from John's Gospel regarding a man that had his life dramatically changed by an encounter with Jesus Christ.  Here is the text...

John 9:1-11 NLT
9:1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
3 “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.
4 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us.[a] The night is coming, and then no one can work.
5 But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.
7 He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!
8 His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!”
10 They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”
11 He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”
 
WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:   "Our God who is able to turn our burdens into blessings if we will trust Him enough"

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children to do what they believe God wants them to do.

RESPONSIVE READING: 568: The Life and Ministry of Jesus
 
Bless you people of God, as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, please stay prayerful as we learn to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ. God expects it of us.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/22/2012

Giving all praise and honor to God, who is the head of our lives. Last Sunday turned out to be not to be the "low Sunday," that often follows Resurrection Sunday, but for us, it was a time of high worship and praise. To God be the glory! Thank you to all of you that worked so hard and ministered so faithfully. As I mentioned Sunday, I am on vacation this week and Rev Shprecher is going to bring the Word this coming Sunday. Here is the text from Luke's Gospel...

Luke 24:36-48
36While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
38He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?
39Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.
41And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
42They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
43and he took it and ate it in their presence.
44He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
46He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
47and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48You are witnesses of these things.
 
TITLE:  "Seeing Jesus"

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:   "Bringing the risen Lord into your life and the lives of others."

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children to seek Jesus in their own lives and to tell their friends..

RESPONSIVE READING: #571 "The Resurrection of Jesus"
 
Bless you people of God, as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, please stay prayerful as we learn to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ. "Yes we Can!"

Yours in Christian Love and service

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/15/2012

Praise the Lord saints! Giving all glory and honor to God, we had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday celebration and outpouring of the Spirit of God. Surely many where in the house and I believe many were blessed by the service. My appreciation to all of you that worked hard to bring it forth.
Some in the Christian circle call this coming Sunday "low Sunday" because the excitement and celebration of Resurrection Sunday has passed, and it is often reflected in Church attendance. We'll see what happens, but meanwhile I am led in the preaching to address the reality of what happens after the celebration and we face the realities and challenges of life. Here is the text from the Book of Exodus...

Exodus 15:22-27 (NLT)
22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.
23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
25 So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink.
It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him.
26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of theLord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
27 After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  "The nature of our walk with God, particularly as we face the challenges of life."

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children the importance of being "for real" before God.

RESPONSIVE READING: 605 Praising the Lord
 
Bless you people of God as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, please stay prayerful as we learn to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/8/2012

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!  Bless you saints. This week we will celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Here is the text from John's Gospel...

John 20:1-9
1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb.
4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in.
6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.
8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—
9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  "The significance of Jesus' Resurrection and what it means to us."
 
Bless you people of God as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, learning to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.

Yours in Christian Love and service,
 
Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/1/2012

Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me, bless His holy name. It is my prayer that you are today basking in the love of God. He loves you with a great and unconditional love. Please remember that in every one of life's situations.  This week we will celebrate Palm Sunday and Rev Shprecher will bring the word.  Here is his text...

John 12:12-16 (NIV)
12The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
13They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
   “Hosanna!”
   “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
   “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
14Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written,
15 “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.
16At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

TITLE:  "The Other Possibility: Far From the Madding Crowd"

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  "How distance from the crowd might help us to make the choice to truly worship the Lord."

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to sometimes get alone with God in prayer.

RESPONSIVE READING: 612 God's Everlasting Mercies
 
APRIL MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, learning to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.
Yours in Christian Love and service,
Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/25/2012

Praise the Lord people of God! This is a day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. This Sunday, in the preaching, I will move to Part 3 of the series "Drawing Closer to God." So far we have been encouraged to assess our attitudes before going into prayer and fasting, we have taken a deeper look into the spiritual discipline of fasting, and this week we will consider prayer. Here is the text for this week...

Luke 11:9 “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.(NLT)

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The why, how, what, and when of prayer.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to ask God for what they NEED in prayer. (distinguish needs from wants)

RESPONSIVE READING: 588 the Model Prayer

MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6 "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, learning to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.

NOTE: This is the last Sunday before we begin our Daniel Fast (March 28-April 6)...get ready, get ready, get ready.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/18/2012

Bless you the people of God. Let us remember that we are blessed to be a blessing, bless someone today in some way. This Sunday, in the preaching, I will move to Part 2 of the series "Drawing Closer to God." Last week we were encouraged to assess our attitudes before going into prayer and fasting, this week we will look deeper into the spiritual discipline of fasting. Here is the text for this week...

Daniel 1:1-17
1 During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah,[a] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[b] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah’s royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives.
4 “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.”
5 The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.
6 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah.
7 The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names: Daniel was called Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach. Azariah was called Abednego.
8 But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
9 Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
10 But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”
11 Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said.
13 “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king’s food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.”
14 The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.
16 So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
17 God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The process and benefits of biblical fasting.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to learn to like food and other things that is good for them.

RESPONSIVE READING: 590 Christian Commitment
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/11/2012

Praise the Lord people of God! I'm not sure how your day is going, but I want to remind you that your heavenly Father loves and knows what is best for you, and if he brings you to it, he will bring you through it, and you will be stronger on the other side. Praise him!
This Sunday, in the preaching, I will start a 3-part series that will help us achieve the spiritual success we are seeking this year. Over the next three weeks and leading up to Resurrection Sunday celebration, our focus will be on prayer and fasting. I am also calling for a Church-wide fast later this month (more info to follow). Here is the text for this week...
 
TEXT:Isaiah 58:1-9a
1 “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast.
      Shout aloud! Don’t be timid.
   Tell my people Israel[a] of their sins!
    2 Yet they act so pious!
   They come to the Temple every day
      and seem delighted to learn all about me.
   They act like a righteous nation
      that would never abandon the laws of its God.
   They ask me to take action on their behalf,
      pretending they want to be near me.
3 ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
      ‘Why aren’t you impressed?
   We have been very hard on ourselves,
      and you don’t even notice it!’
   “I will tell you why!” I respond.
      “It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
   Even while you fast,
      you keep oppressing your workers.
4 What good is fasting
      when you keep on fighting and quarreling?
   This kind of fasting
      will never get you anywhere with me.
5 You humble yourselves
      by going through the motions of penance,
   bowing your heads
      like reeds bending in the wind.
   You dress in burlap
      and cover yourselves with ashes.
   Is this what you call fasting?
      Do you really think this will please the LORD?
6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
   Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
      lighten the burden of those who work for you.
   Let the oppressed go free,
      and remove the chains that bind people.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
      and give shelter to the homeless.
   Give clothes to those who need them,
      and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
      and your wounds will quickly heal.
   Your godliness will lead you forward,
      and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
9 Then when you call, the LORD will answer.
      ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Preparing to be spiritually successful

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to depend on God to help them overcome the challenges in their lives.

RESPONSIVE READING: 595 Spiritual Warfare
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W C Hill

PS: Don't forget to turn you clock ahead Saturday night or you will be late for church :)

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/04/2012

Giving honor to God who is the head of our lives, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that you walk in the grace and instruction of the Lord. This week, in the preaching, I will continue in the book of Exodus as we consider the issue of: "under whose authority we will operate?" We'll explore the actions and ramifications of two Hebrew midwives in Egypt. Here is the text...
 
TEXT:Exodus 1:8-17
Exo 1:8  Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
Exo 1:9  And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Exo 1:10  Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Exo 1:11  Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Rameses.
Exo 1:12  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exo 1:13  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
Exo 1:14  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
Exo 1:15  And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Exo 1:16  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Exo 1:17  But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Choosing who and what to serve.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to evaluate their choices and choose to do what is pleasing to God.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 590 Christian Commitment
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

I thank God for you, your commitment to ministry, and your support for the church, as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 2/26/2012

Praise the Lord Saints! In Christianity, today begins a 40 day period known as Lent. It is a time that many Christians use for personal reflection, self denial, and repentance. All of this is leading up to the big Christian celebration of Easter Sunday. This week, in the preaching I will go to the book of Exodus as we consider the issue of associations and our walk with the Lord. Here is the text...
 
TEXT:Genesis 13:1-12
1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
4 and where he had first built an altar.  There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 
6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. 
7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s.  The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 
9 Is not the whole land before you?  Let’s part company.  If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt.  (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east.  The two men parted company:
12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Avoiding things that hinder or cause us to fall in our walk with God.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to not follow a "negative crowd,"  but rather lead towards what is right in the sight of God..
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 602 The Upright Man
 
FEBRUARY MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

I want you to know that God and I appreciate all of your efforts to support our worship service, let's keep each other lifted up in prayer, and practice the kind of love Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 2/19/2012

In all things, let us give praise to God, and let's be encouraged when the praises go up the blessings come down.
This week, I will continue in the series: The Anatomy of a Consecrated Life.  Our theme scripture for the series is 2 Corinthians 5:17, and so far we have seen that we are  "new creations" and must be "in Christ," and that "old things must pass away," and this final week, we will consider all things becoming new. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Building a new life in Christ.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to become different (i.e. better) because they know God.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 584 Sanctification
 
FEBRUARY MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

May God continue to bless you and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I continue thank God for his grace and for you.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 2/12/2012

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, be encouraged people of God, your heavenly Father watches over you. He is with us through the storms and on the mountaintop, or anywhere in between. Whatever you may be going through today,remember, you are not alone.
This week, I will continue in the series: The Anatomy of a Consecrated Life.  Our theme scripture for the series is 2 Corinthians 5:17, Last week we saw that we are  "new creations" and must be "in Christ," Paul goes on in that text to tell us that "old things have passed away,"We will consider that reality this week.
Here is the text...
 
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Some "old things" that must go and how to get rid of them.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to recognize the things in their lives that do not please God and encourage them to change them.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 584 Sanctification
 
FEBRUARY MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I continue thank God for his grace and for you.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 2/05/2012

It is difficult to grasp that already a month has passed in 2012, but it has and we are into February. I hope that you are encouraged because this is our year of spiritual success! Let's seek it with conviction and excitement. This week, I will begin a new series on the subject of personal change for the Christian. Our theme scripture for the series is 2 Corinthians 5:17. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

SERIES TITLE: The Anatomy of a Consecrated Life

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The Effects of becoming and growing as a Christian

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to change ways that do not bring glory to God.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 584 Sanctification
 
FEBRUARY MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I continue thank God for his grace and for you.

In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 1/29/2012

In all things, and in and out of season, let us praise God our Father, Jesus our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our help and guide. Know that you are never alone. This week, in the preaching we will be blessed with a Word from Rev Shprecher on how we can be prepared to live out the promises of God. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: Mark 1:21-28  (NIV)
21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 23 Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, 24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
25 “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” 26 The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.  27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” 28 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

TITLE: Top Ten Ways to Clean the Spirit

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: What are the habits we need  to live out God’s promises for us?

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to form a "habit" of doing what God wants us to do.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 582 Regeneration
 
JANUARY MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 37:16 -- A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (KJV)

Again this past Sunday was a powerful expression of praise and worship, with a few bumps, but I believe that God received the glory, thank you to all that ministered. Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I continue thank God for his grace and for you.

In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 1/22/2012

Praise God to the Children of God! It is my prayer that you are walking in the blessings of our Heavenly Father. This week, I will be concluding the sermon series entitled "Spiritual Success in 2012." This week we will again consider Joseph, the man of character, who found favor with God, learned to forgive, and this week we see how he stood on the promises of God. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: Genesis 50:22-26
22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years
23 and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The importance of knowing what happens when God makes a promise

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to know and remember that God is a source of help in all situations.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 589 Growing In Grace
 
JANUARY MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 37:16 -- A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (KJV)

Again this past Sunday was a powerful expression of praise and worship, thank you to all that ministered. Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I continue thank God for his grace and for you.

In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 1/15/2012

All praise and glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Continuing in the sermon series entitled "Spiritual Success in 2012," this week we will again consider Joseph, the man of character, who found favor with God, who learned one of God's major characteristics. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: Genesis 45:4-8a, 14-15
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
14 Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.
15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The importance of forgiveness.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to learn to easily for give.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 589 Growing In Grace
 
JANUARY MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 37:16 -- A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (KJV)

This past Sunday was a powerful expression of praise, thank you to all that ministered. Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer and know that I thank God for you.

In Christian Love,
Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 1/8/2012

Praise the Lord Saints! We are off and running in 2012, let us look forward with great anticipation to the move and presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in our lives and at Zion. Continuing in the sermon series entitled "Spiritual Success in 2012.", this week we will consider Joseph, the man of character, as he finds favor with Pharaoh. Here is the text...
 
TEXT: Genesis 41-43, 46-52
41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,and people shouted before him, “Make way!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. 47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. 48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. 49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.  50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. 51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh[e] and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” 52 The second son he named Ephraim[f] and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The blessing and danger of God's favor.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to NOT let what they have change who they are.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 589 Growing In Grace
 
JANUARY MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 37:16 -- A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (KJV)

Bless you people of God and let's keep each other lifted up in prayer.

In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 1/1/2012

Praise the Lord Saints! We are on the eve of a new year, the blessings and challenges of 2011 are behind and we march forward into 2012, not sure of what we may face, but assured who will face it with us. Thank you Lord!
With the beginning of a new year, I will begin a new sermon series entitled "Spiritual Success in 2012." It will use scriptures from the Sunday school text and will look at the life and times of Joseph, son of Jacob.
 
TEXT: Gen 39:7-21a
Gen 39:7  And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Gen 39:8  But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Gen 39:9  There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Gen 39:10  And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
Gen 39:11  And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
Gen 39:12  And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Gen 39:13  And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Gen 39:14  That she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Gen 39:15  And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
Gen 39:16  And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
Gen 39:17  And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
Gen 39:18  And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
Gen 39:19  And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
Gen 39:20  And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21  But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The importance of good character for a successful Christian.
 
SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to do "the right thing" (i.e. what God wants them to do) to live a good Christian life.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 589 Growing In Grace
 
JANUARY MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 37:16 -- A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (KJV)

NOTE: Zion will host watch-night service on Sat. Dec 31st from 10:30 to 12:00. Because our regular Sunday service will be very soon after that-- Jan 1st (11 AM), we will not have food after the Watch-night service. We will be able to get home and get some rest before we come back for church on Sunday.

Bless you people of God and let me say that I am truly thankful for each of you and your support this year.
In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/25/2011

Praise the Lord Saints! It is my prayer that during the business of this season, you will be mindful of the greatest gift of all. Let's look forward to celebrating his birth this Sunday beginning at 10 AM. We are planning a powerful expression of worship which will include both the Sunday school program and our worship service.
 
TEXT:
Luke 2:1  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Luke 2:2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luke 2:3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Luke 2:4  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Luke 2:5  To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Luke 2:6  And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luke 2:7  And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The value and necessity of making a place for Jesus.
 
SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to make Jesus the center of the Christmas celebration.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: none this week
 
DECEMBER MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 27:1 -- The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?

NOTES:
*We have candidate for Baptism this Sunday
*Our program will be different from usual, be flexible in making adjustments
*I want the choir to take their place in the choir loft before service begins
*The children will process in and sit in the rows behind the Deaconess (they will be close when they are called to do their parts)
*Each of you should plan to be here early (9:30), coming in late will not help us manage this special service
*Remember this is a combined service of the Sunday School and our regular worship, expect it to be different
*MOST OF ALL...PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE AND EMPOWER EACH OF US IN THE SERVICE

Bless you and in Christian love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/18/2011

Giving glory to God saints, God is good..., and all the time God is..., and so we press on in His name. We have just found out that the preacher (Dr Chester Williams) we had scheduled for this Sunday, has taken sick and will not be able to preach for us. For that reason we are postponing Mission Sunday until we can re-plan it, and I will preach this Sunday. Here is my text...

PRIMARY TEXT:Luke 1:26-38 (KJV)
26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: How to experience God's miracles in your life.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to trust what God says (i.e. Bible) over others sources of information.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: #596 Faith
 
DECEMBER MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 27:1 -- The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?

REMINDER: Our Christmas morning service on December 25th will combine the Sunday school program and the worship service and it will begin at 10 AM.  Ministry leaders encourage your team and plan to be early, so that we can start promptly, thank you and bless you

In Christian love,

Pastor W. C. Hill